[GRASS5] Help: Need Assistance

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:10:29PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 09:11:05AM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:18:18PM +0530, BhuvanJ at riskinc.com wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > Facing a problem when performing orthorectification. I am performing all
> > > the 8 required steps properly.
> > > 
> > > Below is a error description:
> > > GIS Error: error while writing in temp file. I found this error when grass
> > > notify me through mail in /var/spool/mail/root file.
> > > 
> > > Any solution highly appreciated.
> > 
> > This error will be related to a "disk full" problem (I still vote
> > for meaningful error messages!).
> 
> This is already a meaning error message.
> We do not need to explain UNIX or filesystems to people in an error mesage.
> Maybe we should make this an FAQ instead.
> 
> Another option would be to add in the documentation
> that a certain amount of filesystem space will be used.
> If possible the command could warn before using that space, like:
> 	Warnung: Will need about 130 MByte of temporary diskspace 
> 	for this operation. 

At least it should say which partition is full (maybe the path to
G_tempfile()). Then users in network do not have to waste time on
finding the partition in question. Since orthophotos can be very
large and the tempfile is (sometimes) deleted after crash, it
is not always obvious where to search.

Markus